Boosting ties: Putin (right) and Prabowo at a signing ceremony after their meeting in Saint Peterburg. Prabowo and Putin held talks a day earlier, both hailing ties and calling for increased cooperation. — AFP
President Prabowo Subianto denied snubbing the G7 summit to visit Russia, in a speech at an economic forum alongside Vladimir Putin.
The former general declined an invitation to the G7 in Canada earlier this week in favour of talks with Putin in Saint Petersburg, a decision that raised concerns about Jakarta moving closer to Moscow.
